Kalguksu - Knife cut noodle

Came across this noodle when I watched Sunday programme at KBS worlds: 2 days 1 Night. I was tempted to try this when seeing them enjoying this noodle. Taken this recipe from the website and walla..... it is very easy to made... especially if you have a machine to help you roll the dough....More information about kalguksu... refer to HERE 


Ingredients:

1 cup All-purpose Flour

1/3 cup Cold Water
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. Oil


Methods:

1. Mix all-purpose flour, cold water, salt, and oil to form a dough and knead for 10 minutes
2. The dough may look a bit dry in the beginning, but knead for 3 minutes before deciding to add more water.  In case you add water, just wet your hands and go back to kneading. 
3. Wrap in plastic and let it rest for 30 minutes.
4. On a clean, floured surface, roll out the dough with a roller to a thin sheet.  
5. Fold and cut with a knife.  Make sure to flour your hands and the surface as necessary as you roll out the dough and cut to noodle strands.  
6. Flour the cut noodles to keep each strand separated.

For chicken stock and garnishing

Ingredients: 

Chicken thighs (skinless)

Water

Onion

Soy sauce

Minced garlic

Sesame oil

Salt

Hot pepper powder

Light soy sauce

Black pepper

Zucchini

Methods:

1. Chop and cut the onion into thin slices. 
2. In large pot add water, add onion, meat and bring to a boil  lower the heat to medium and cook for about 20 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and strain the broth, removing the chicken thighs and setting aside the strained broth for later. 
4. When the meat cool and separate the meat from the bone into thin strip. 
5. Marinade the chicken with soy sauce, minced garlic, green onion, sesame oil, salt, hot pepper powder, sesame seed and black pepper - mix well. Set aside.
6. Cut zucchini to bite sizes. Sprinkle with clear soy sauce and salt. Taste and adjust for more salt if needed.
7. Bring the stock to a boil and stir in the noodles, carefully separating with a chopstick. Bring again to a boil, adding cut zucchini - let it simmer until zucchini is cooked.
8. Scoop the broth and noodles in a large bowl. Garnish with seasoned chicken meat on top. 
9. Serve warm. Can serve with kimchi or other side dishes.

Bangkok (June 13th - 15th) - Part 1

My 2nd trip in 2012.... Bangkok , Thailand.... Actually nie adalah 2nd trip to Bangkok... sebelum nie dah pernah sampai tapi cuma di airport je... transit flight from KL - Phuket, masa tu naik Thai Airways in year 2000. Lama tu kan... Pun tak ingat sangat dah rupa Bangkok masa tu... nampak pun di awan biru... tak sempat nak round... So this trip was specifically arrange untuk menikmati kota Bangkok.....

Trip nie from June 13th - 15th, tak cukup hari rupanya... ingatkan cukuplah nak round semua tmpt.... rupanya tidak... agak rushing sebab kalau boleh semua nak jejak and pegi.... Trip kali nie bukan shopping trip yg kebiasaannya kami arrange... maybe next trip will be shopping trip... woot woot...dah berangan nak buat shopping trip tu...baru je balik seminggu.... ada sesaper nak join?????

Suvarnabhumi Airport

Our flight was at 10.20pm on June 12th, so kira sampai kat BKK nie nearly midnight... tapi takpe ada 2 bodyguard yg follow our trip.... tapi masalah jugak sebab bila cakap ngan pemandu taxi diaorg nie tak boleh ckp English and bila mentioned our hotel diaorg macam terpinga-pinga... nasib baiklah ingat nama hotel dan area mana... We arrived Bangkok City Hotel kat area Ratchathewi around 1.00 am....selepas pemandu taxi round beberapa kali sebab tersalah masuk simpang... lepas check in... check bilik boleh tahan besar dengan cuma 3 bintang.... kalah hotel kat Bandung and HK.....puas hati sebab bilik besar dengan LCD tv... washroom yang bersih... but sadly takde iron.....sebab diaorg ada sedia self laudry services.....

Immigration check at the airport

Waiting for public cab

For Muslim.. highly recommend this hotel.. sebab depan hotel tu ada masjid and banyak restaurant makanan halal kat area sini... so kira tak kelaparanlah... memalam pun senang cari makan sebab restaurant bukak sampai midnight.... Dan mostly diaorg boleh cakap Melayu e.g. restaurant Farida, restaurant Bintang apa ntah.... harga pun berpatutan.... Roti canai pun boleh dpt makan... tapi malam sahaja... he he he...

Entrance to Bangkok City Hotel. Pic from official hotel website

BTS terdekat hanya perlu berjalan kaki 10 minit; BTS Ratchathewi station....senang nak move around BKK... Kalau nak gie Pratunam area... jalan pun dlm 20 minitlah sambil tu boleh menyimpang masuk kedai-kedai... tak pun amik tuk tuk.... tak mahal sgt....so overall puas hati dengan service dan lokasi hotel nie... Wifi pun laju....

The nearest BTS

BTS Route Map

Masuk bilik je....masa ni dah tak pikir lain selain tidur... esoknya itinerary ialah menjelajah area Siam.... Shopping dan jugak menjenguk Madame Tussaud....to be cont to Part 2....